A person's weight & degree of physical fitness is a visual representation of their overall health. Unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits cause many health problems, even if the only one we can SEE is weight.

13% of our population was overweight in 1980....61% are overweight now, and 27% are clinically obese.

So let's check YOUR weight, and see if you really are too heavy: This is done by calculating your Body Mass Index: BMI.
Multiply your weight in pounds by 705, then twice divide the result by your height in inches.
For example: if you are 5' tall and weigh 200 pounds, 705 x 200 = 141,000.
5' is 60 inches so dividing 140,000 by 60 = 2,350, which divided by 60 again is 39.2.

According to Dr. Isadore Rosenfield M.D. a BMI of less than 25, regardless of age places you at the lowest risk of death from all causes (except if you smoke cigarettes, because the lung disease and cancer that they cause have little to do with body weight).

A BMI between 25 and 30 reflects mild to moderate overweight, and constitutes only a slight risk (except if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or a very high cholesterol level).

A BMI higher than 30 is bad news and requires action! So our hypothetical five-footer who weighs 200 pounds is really in trouble with his BMI of 39.2.

The WHR (Waist to Hip ratio) is even more important than the BMI because it reflects not only the amount of fat, but also how it is distributed. The latter is largely genetically determined. Here is how to determine your WHR: With your belly completely relaxed, (don't cheat), measure your waist at its narrowest. (your waist is somewhere between your bellybutton and your belt line). Divide that number in inches by the widest circumference of your hips, that is where your buttocks are the most prominent. A WHR greater than 0.85 in women and 0.95 in men is fraught with risk. For more information read "Doctor What Should I Eat" By Dr. Isadore Rosenfield.     Now you know!

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Most weight loss programs focus only on weight loss. They give people a temporary plan of action strictly designed to take off weight. These include packaged meal plans, restricted calorie plans, herbal remedies, stimulants,  Diet Pill Drugs (weight loss pills) and weight watchers to name a few.

See Consumer Reports, June 1993 which analyzed several commercial programs. It noted that most people prefer Slim-Fast, Dynatrim, and Jenny Craig, and stay with them for about 6 months. During that time they lose 10 to 20 percent of their starting weight; within 6 months they regain half of that weight back, within 2 years they gain two thirds of it back, and within five years they regain 95 percent of the initial weight they lost. As you probably know many end up weighing more than when they started.
The worst thing about these programs is that these programs cause muscle loss, and we cannot afford to lose muscle.  You have to do something about your weight or you will die early and painfully. Take responsibility for your health.....

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If you have already tried most of the weight loss programs out there and are convinced nothing works for you, I offer a clinically supervised, double blind study using the Inthinity Program in which the women participants, (over the Christmas Holidays!) lost on the average 8.1 pounds in 90 days. This was FAT they lost, not muscle. A second Beta study using additional support material and positive group feedback resulted in an average of 14.75 pounds in 60 days. Several of the participants lost over 75 pounds of fat in less than 90 days. What could make it better? It costs less than Body Solutions, Herbalife, Usana and Manna Tech, has no harmful ingredients like Ma Huang or Ephedra or Guarana  or HGH

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Now do be aware that in this age of high-speed communication, other companies are jumping on the weight loss band wagon and making similar claims. They have NO research on THEIR product - they just site others' findings and expect the consumer to make the leap of faith that their product will produce the same results.  Also, HGH is only one hormone, whereas DHEA is the master hormone and up-regulates over 150 different metabolic functions, allowing the body to remain in balance.

Weight loss is directly related to ENERGY, ask anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight. So an understanding of ENERGY is important. Without a surplus of energy, your body does not have the ability to rid itself of TOXINS, so it stores them as FAT . Most over weight people are TOXIC . {Note: even if you know what a word means, click on the HYPER TEXT to get my definitions; there is considerable information embedded therein.} Thus an obvious way to lose weight is to provide your body with more energy.

Does this mean more ? food? Actually it might! A lot depends on what you are eating now. Despite what the US Meat Industry (what's for dinner, BEEF) and the US Dairy Industry (MILK builds strong bones and teeth) says, we were designed to eat fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains. OK you don't want to hear this, don't believe it, never eat that stuff anyway, and you won't start now. The ignorant will click out now, so if you're leaving, thanks for visiting, BYE!

Statistics: (You open-minded types Stay with me now)
If all you eat are fresh raw fruits & vegetables, nuts & grains, it will take 50% of all the energy you have to run your digestive processes; Your body then has control over the remaining 50% of your energy. Now if you eat mostly cooked or processed foods, your digestive processes will use up to 80% of all the energy it produces just to please your tongue. See APPETITE . That only leaves 20% available to your body to allow you to walk, run, talk,  see, and do the repair work on your body plus get rid of waste, etc, etc.

Could this be the reason you get tired? Do you suppose that might be the reason your immune system is weak and you have allergies or get sick easily? . If your body doesn't have enough energy to get rid of toxins it stores them as FAT . Do you wonder that many Americans have excess weight? Instead of storing up energy in the liver and muscles, their bodies store up toxins. There are dangerous agents in our environment that are widely available and that cause people to be sick.

Americans have unprecedented access to a poor diet, to high calorie foods that are widely available, low in cost, heavily promoted, and good tasting. The newest advance in scientific food science is the altering of processed food's chemical makeup so as to avoid the full feeling that would normally occur when you eat enough. This eliminates the "No thanks, No More" response and allows you to eat more. Ever wondered why you don't get full after eating a whole bag of chips? Answer: $$$$$$$$$   96% of all that stuff you eat with labels on it has been altered!

These ingredients produce a predictable, understandable and inevitable consequence - an epidemic of diet related diseases.

In addition they are hastening the aging process. This means they will die sooner, and more painfully. If you don't want to die, (who does?), EARLY, and are interested in prolonging and increasing your QUALITY and quantity of life, See Ageing

Here's how some people say you can lose a pound a week: Exercise (something that causes heavy breathing but you can still talk) 8 minutes 3 times a week, eat less carbohydrates, and more protein, especially at night. Drink a minimum of 8 large glasses of water daily, and buy one of these plastic lemons to keep with you at all times. NO SALT! When ever you would salt something, put lemon on it instead, and believe it or not, lemon is a very effective self-defense tool (aim for the eyes). Works even better if you tell your attacker it's hydrochloric acid! You'll get all the salt you need from your food.

So if there were a way to provide your body with more energy (and there is), would you do it?, most won't. See stamina.

As more information becomes available here, would you like to be Informed?